diff --git a/src/backing/item.rs b/src/backing/item.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..424bf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backing/item.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+
+/// Helper struct to associate an item with its priority
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Item<D, P: Ord> {
+    data: D,
+    priority: P,
+}
+
+impl<D, P: Ord> Item<D, P> {
+    /// Creates a new instance
+    fn new(data: D, priority: P) -> Self {
+        Self { data, priority }
+    }
+
+    /// Retrieve the internal data, it would be nicer to implement this using [`From`] or [`Into`], but I don't see a way to do that using generics
+    fn data(self) -> D {
+        self.data
+    }
+}
+
+// The relevant Ord implementations are based just on the priority
+impl<D, P: Ord> Ord for Item<D, P> {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        self.priority.cmp(&other.priority)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, P: Ord> PartialOrd for Item<D, P> {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, P: Ord> PartialEq for Item<D, P> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.priority == other.priority
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, P: Ord> Eq for Item<D, P> {}
diff --git a/src/backing/keyed/mod.rs b/src/backing/keyed/mod.rs
index a574e73..58077c5 100644
--- a/src/backing/keyed/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backing/keyed/mod.rs
@@ -1,34 +1,5 @@
 /// Data structures for the "keyed" min-queues, supporting priority updates and arbitrary removals, but no duplicates
-use super::pure::PureBacking;
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
-
-/// Helper struct to associate an item with its priority
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct Item<D, P: Ord> {
-    data: D,
-    priority: P,
-}
-
-// The relevant Ord implementations are based just on the priority
-impl<D, P: Ord> Ord for Item<D, P> {
-    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
-        self.priority.cmp(&other.priority)
-    }
-}
-
-impl<D, P: Ord> PartialOrd for Item<D, P> {
-    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
-        Some(self.cmp(other))
-    }
-}
-
-impl<D, P: Ord> PartialEq for Item<D, P> {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self.priority == other.priority
-    }
-}
-
-impl<D, P: Ord> Eq for Item<D, P> {}
+use super::{item::Item, pure::PureBacking};
 
 /// A data structure usable for backing a "keyed" queue
 pub trait KeyedBacking<D, P: Ord>: PureBacking<Item<D, P>> {
diff --git a/src/backing/mod.rs b/src/backing/mod.rs
index ea87b12..f66e16c 100644
--- a/src/backing/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backing/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pub mod item;
 pub mod keyed;
 pub mod pure;